Hair roller



S. F. KAYN HAIR ROLLER Apri '29, 1941.

Filed Jan. '7, 1939 STEP/ff f My,

INVEJVTOR;

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 29, 1941 HAER ROLLER Stephen F. Kayn, New York, N. Y., assignor to Ross M. McFadden, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application January 7, 1939, Serial No. 249,767

2 Claims.

This invention relates to hair rollers.

It is now the style among women to wear the back of the hair in a rolled form. This roll is usually turned inwardly and is adjacent the neck. If the hair is very straight and not the least kinky, it is possible to form a roll which has a neat appearance. In the majority of cases, however, due to marcelling, permanent waving, and the like, hair becomes split, is kinky, and tends to have an unkempt appearance When rolled. Unless the roll is made by a professional, strands of hair in the roll will extend outwardly and a generally unkempt appearance will result.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device capable of forming the hair into roll for mation in such a manner that the hair is kept straight, kinkiness removed, and frayed ends effectively covered so that the finished roll will have a professional appearance. This roll may be formed within a few seconds of time and requires no particular labor on the part of the person using the device for the purpose of forming the roll.

The'present device is adapted to be left on the head and is so formed and constructed as to be hidden within the roll.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a hair roller adapted to conform to the curvature of the head, and to maintain said ourvature at all times while the device is being worn.

Another object is the provision in a hair roller of a device which will properly guide the hair during the rolling thereof to control unruly hair by maintaining it straight.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character stated, which is comfortable and does not hurt the head, even though the head is resting on some object, such as a pillow.

Other objects include a device which is inexpensive in cost of manufacture and superior for the purpose intended to devices now known to the inventor, such as the ordinary wire clamp.

With the above stated objects and others in view, the invention consists in the novel and useful provision, formation, construction, association, and relative arrangement of parts, members and features, all as shown in a certain embodiment in the accompanying drawing, described generally, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hair roller,

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device with hair wrapped thereabout,

' Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2, with a certain element of the invention brought into position for holding the hair rolled about the device and for likewise causing a hairroller to conform to the curvature of the head, and,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective View showing the hair in roll form.

Referring now with particularity to the drawing, the improved hair roller is designated as an entirety by the numeral I, and the same ineludes an elongated member 2 formed with teeth 3 and i. These teeth extend along both edges of the elongated member 2. End portions 5 and 6 of the member 2 are not provided with teeth and these portions upon the concaved surface thereof are provided with U-shaped brackets l and 8. Adapted to be passed through said U-shaped brackets and adjacent the concave surface of the member 2 is a strip 9 comprising pliable metal provided with a covering, such as rubber. This strip functions to hold the member 2 at any desired curvature and likewise as a clamp for locking the roll of hair in position over both said strip and. said member 2. as hereinafter described.

The operation, uses, and advantages of the invention are as follows:

At I0 I have shown fragmentarily the back of a head of a wearer of the device. The hair is first combed straight downwardly from the head and thereafter the device in the position shown in Figure 1 has hair rolled upon the same. The hair is rolled over the strip 9 and the member 2, the hair entering between the teeth 3 and 4. If during the rolling, the hair is held taut, the teeth will tend to separate strands of the hair so that the hair is straightened as it is rolled upon the. device. It is intended, of course, that during a rolling that the hair should be spread so as to enter all of the teeth to begin with, and likewise cover the ends 5 and 6. After the hair has first been guided in its movement between the teeth, tautness in the roll is not required unless the hair is very heavy. When the roll has been completed as may suit thewearer, one end H of the strip 9 is bent around the U-shaped bracket, as illustrated in Figure 2 and against the under surface of the roll of hair, as illustrated at 12. If the roll when rove about the device I as an entirety does not conform to the curvature of the head, the manipulator may then pull upon the free end I3 of the strip and in this manner flex the member 2,, as shown in Figure 3 at M, whereupon the end 13 may be bent around the bracket 1 and under the roll, as illustrated. This operation will tend to place certain of the strands of hair in tension, and to fur ther overcome any unruly appearance of the hair when rolled.

In Figure 4, I have shown the general appearance of the hair roll with the said device I enclosed within said roll.

The member 2 may be formed of any material desired, such as Celluloid, plastics of any character, metal, or the like, the said material preferably being flexible. The strip 9 which acts to clamp the hair roll so that the hair will not unroll is of greater length than the member 2; as is selfevident. This greater length will, as the drawing shows, provide two end members which function as tongues or clamps-for engagingthe hair.

While it is not intended that the hair should be received between the strip 9 and the body of the member 2, nevertheless when the hair is straightened out to its longest position, the said ends may, if desired, be placed between said strip and the said body 2, the hair then being rolled over both the strip and the body.

While the device is not visible within the roll, still within the purview of the invention, I may form the device of materials which are quite light as to weight, and in color correspond to the shade of the hair. This is further. assurance that the device shall not be seen.

Attention is also directed to the fact that the width of the strip 9 is such as to not overlie the two rows of teeth, as the hair should be fully received between the teeth.

I claim:

1. In a device for forming a hair r011, an elongated relatively narrow body provided with oppositely disposed edge teeth about which the hair is rolled with the teeth initially engaging and laterally spacing the hair being rolled, and gripping the individual coiled strands at a plurality of points in the coil periphery thereof, said body being formed of relatively stiff flexible material, a separate pliable roll clamping member of greater length than the body disposed longitudinally therewith adjacent one side centrally between the teeth and inoperative during the rolling operation, and means to retain consecutive bends of the end portions of said member to roll clamping position from points spaced inwardly from the ends of the body to adjust the curvature of said body and clamp the roll thereon with the clamping means concealed.

2. In a device for forming a hair roll, an elongated relatively narrow body provided with oppositely disposed edge teeth about which the hair is rolled with the teeth initially engaging and laterally spacing the hair being rolled, and gripping the individual coiled strands at a plurality of points in the coil periphery thereof, said body being formed of relatively stiff flexible material, a separate pliable roll clamping member of greater length than the body disposed longitudinally therewith adjacent one side centrally betweenthe teeth and inoperative during the rolling operation, and a pair of brackets carried by. the body spaced inwardly from the ends thereof through which the pliable member is passed with the extending end portions of said member being adapted to be consecutively bent over each bracket to roll clamping position.

STEPHEN F. KAYN. 

